First person to fly a plane — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 9–letter crossword clue “First person to fly a plane”? This page covers its appearance in NYT Crossword on 20th Oct 2003. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “First person to fly a plane” is TESTPILOT (9 letters).
We last saw “First person to fly a plane” in NYT Crossword on 20th Oct 2003.
The 9-letter answer for “First person to fly a plane” is TESTPILOT.
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